How To Install scrollkeeper on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scrollkeeper on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scrollkeeper
scrollkeeper is:
This dummy package is designed to facilitate upgrades for systems with scrollkeeper installed. It will bring its replacement, named rarian, instead.
You can safely remove this package.
There are three methods to install scrollkeeper on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scrollkeeper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scrollkeeper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scrollkeeper
Install scrollkeeper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scrollkeeper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scrollkeeper
Install scrollkeeper Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install scrollkeeper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scrollkeeper
How To Uninstall scrollkeeper on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scrollkeeper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scrollkeeper
Uninstall scrollkeeper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scrollkeeper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scrollkeeper
Remove scrollkeeper Configurations and Data
To remove scrollkeeper configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scrollkeeper
Remove scrollkeeper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scrollkeeper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scrollkeeper
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scrollkeeper package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
